United States (Geographic Keyword)

176-200 (215 Records)

Stone Artifacts: Ceremonial and Problematical Artifacts (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text L. C. Steege.

Artifacts in this category include Pendants, Gorgets, Amulets, Effigies, Pipes, Discoidals and Perforated Disks.


Stone Artifacts: Cutting Artifacts (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text L. C. Steege.

At the beginning, any sharp edge of a thin flake was considered sufficient for a good cutting edge. When the edge became dulled and chipped from use, the flake was discarded and another picked up either as found in nature or struck off from some suitable material. There was no standard for size or shape; the main requirements were that it be large enough to be held in a hand and sufficiently thin, sharp and strong enough to cut skin, flesh and wood. This type of cutting artifact undoubtedly...


Stone Artifacts: Hunting and Warfare: The War Club (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text L. C. Steege.

War clubs of some description were used during historic and prehistoric times by nearly all of the tribes of the Northwest Plains. These may be classified as two types.


Stone Artifacts: Perforating Artifacts (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text L. C. Steege.

One of the most controversial of all the stone artifacts to be classified are the drilling types. Collectors will readily agree as to the identification of these artifacts, but, how many of these stone tools actually show any use as a drill?


Stone Artifacts: Scrapers (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text L. C. Steege.

Scrapers are the most abundant of all the stone artifacts used by the Plains Indians. Since the skins of wild animals were used extensively for clothing, robes, moccasins and shelters, the preparation of these skins necessitated the use of great quantities of scrapers; hence their common occurrence throughout the Plains regions.


Study of Antiterrorism/Force Protection (ATFP) Base Entrance Improvements in a Historic District - Report (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Hardlines Design Company.

This report contains recommendations and cost estimates for the improvement of installation entrances, specific to locations, and provides general information for use by other bases considering such upgrades.


Support and Utilitarian Structures and Facilities (1917-1946) Overview, Inventory, and Treatment Plan (Legacy 93-0900)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This report develops a classification system for support and utility structures; partially inventories 35,077 structures; provides a methodology for evaluating NRHP significance; and makes recommendations for treatment. It covers the Military Services from 1917 to 1946 in a nationwide context.


Support and Utilitarian Structures and Facilities (1917-1946) Overview, Inventory, and Treatment Plan - Report (Legacy 93-0900) (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Kuranda. Katherine Grandine. Deborah Cannan.

This report develops a classification system for support and utility structures; partially inventories 35,077 structures; provides a methodology for evaluating NRHP significance; and makes recommendations for treatment. It covers the Military Services from 1917 to 1946 in a nationwide context.


Technologies for Prehistoric and Historic Preservation - Summary, 1986 (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John Gibbons.

This document summarizes a workshop on technologies for the preservation of archaeological sites and structures on December 3-4, 1985.


The Temecula Massacre: Native American Casualties of the War between Mexico and the United States (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lisa Woodward.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Hidden Battlefields: Power, Memory, and Preservation of Sites of Armed Conflict" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The 1846 Temecula Massacre is among the few deadly conflicts associated with events tied directly to the Battle of San Pasqual, a skirmish of the Mexican-American War in California. Fought on December 7 and 8 between U.S. Col. Stephen Kearny’s military and the Californios, it is considered to be...


There Is A Presence In The Absence: Exploring Parallels and Discontinuities Between British Isles and West African Belief Systems In North American Folk Tradition (2022)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lisa Matthies-Barnes.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Social scientists of the mid-19th to early 20th century asserted that the mythos and practices of the Black American south were merely a memetic repository of British folk tradition. Later, West African magico-religious folk practices were recognized in the lifeways of Black Americans, with archaeologists exploring the associated...


Things That Go Boom: A Conservation Challenge (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Shanna L Daniel.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) Underwater Archaeology (UA) Branch has overseen and treated thousands of artifacts from Navy’s sunken and terrestrial military craft (SMC) these past 25 years. With the firepower that U.S. Navy has been known for, it is not uncommon for various types of weapons, arms, and ordnance to enter...


"This Is The Ancestral": Black Women Archaeologists and Ethics of Care (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Nala K. Williams.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Africa’s Discovery of the World from Archaeological Perspectives: Revisiting Moments of First Contact, Colonialism, and Global Transformation", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Black women archaeologists care deeply for one another, the artifacts and sites they study, and the global Black community. An ethic of care and notion of obligation are important, undertheorized anti-racist practices that mediate Black...


Thomas James: Traveler To Santa Fe (1953)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James W. Covington.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Training for In-Theater Cultural Resources Protection (Legacy 06-324)
PROJECT Laurie Rush.

This project considered preservation of archeological sites and cultural properties in military theaters of operation that is becoming increasingly essential to the mission.


Training for In-Theater Cultural Resources Protection: Training Assets Construction Specifications - Report (Legacy 06-324) (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurie Rush.

A report on the consideration for preservation of archeological sites and cultural properties in military theaters of operation that is becoming increasingly essential to the mission. The attached specifications offer quick solutions for construction of training assets that replicate a variety of cultural properties that our personnel may encounter overseas.


Treaty-Reserved Rights on Department of Defense Lands (Legacy 99-1881)
PROJECT Wendy Eliason.

This report identifies Department of Defense (DoD) installation obligations arising from treaties and agreements negotiated by the United States and Indian nations between 1775 and 1954. In general, these treaties recognize tribal members rights to hunt, fish, gather, and otherwise continue longstanding use of lands now occupied by DoD installations.


Treaty-Reserved Rights on Department of Defense Lands - Report (Legacy 99-1881) (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Wendy Eliason. Donald Fixico. Sharon O'Brien. Michael Stewart.

This report identifies Department of Defense (DoD) installation obligations arising from treaties and agreements negotiated by the United States and Indian nations between 1775 and 1954. In general, these treaties recognize tribal members rights to hunt, fish, gather, and otherwise continue longstanding use of lands now occupied by DoD installations.


Treaty-Reserved Rights on Department of Defense Lands - Summary (Legacy 99-1881) (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Wendy Eliason. Donald Fixico. Sharon O'Brien. Michael Stewart.

This is a summary of a report that identifies Department of Defense (DoD) installation obligations arising from treaties and agreements negotiated by the United States and Indian nations between 1775 and 1954. In general, these treaties recognize tribal members rights to hunt, fish, gather, and otherwise continue longstanding use of lands now occupied by DoD installations.


Tribal Engagement Guidebook (Legacy 21-001)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This project developed a Tribal Engagement Guidebook as a resource to aid DoD personnel who engage with or work on matters of concern to Tribes.


Tribal Engagement Guidebook – Brochure (Legacy 21-001) (2023)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML), Colorado State University. USACE Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise.

This is the brochure for a project that developed a Tribal Engagement Guidebook as a resource to aid DoD personnel who engage with or work on matters of concern to Tribes.


Tribal Engagement Guidebook – Fact Sheet (Legacy 21-001) (2023)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Center for the Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML). USACE Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise.

This fact sheet describes a project that developed a Tribal Engagement Guidebook as a resource to aid DoD personnel who engage with or work on matters of concern to Tribes.


Tribal Engagement Guidebook – Final Report (Legacy 21-001) (2023)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML), Colorado State University. USACE Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise.

This is the final report for a project that developed a Tribal Engagement Guidebook as a resource to aid DoD personnel who engage with or work on matters of concern to Tribes.


The True Prairie ecosystem (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul G. Risser.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


U. S. Statutes at Large Vol. 75 (1961)
DOCUMENT Citation Only U. S. Congress.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.